Hamlet

email me at neffj@parklandsd.org if you have any questions


  • AP assignment for MONDAY 9/20 (discussion post due on turnitin.com by 11:59PM) and TUESDAY 9/21 (reading journal submission due to turnitin.com by 11:59PM)
  • If you have any trouble understanding the conflict between Denmark and Norway after reading Scene 1, see my best attempt at a visual depiction in the following file:








Hamlet AP Assignment Day 3 (over weekend: for TUESDAY 9/28) (Also, you may want to start on Wednesday's assignment below as well; the assignment is short, but the reading is lengthy)
  • Read I.v. There is no assignment that requires submission, but make sure you pay attention to the "Key Passages" and understand the answers to the following questions
    • What does the Ghost reveal to Hamlet?
    • What does the Ghost ask Hamlet to do? What does he direct him not to do?
    • What two-part oath does Hamlet ask his friends to make?
  • On Tuesday 9/26, we'll discuss Act I in class.






Hamlet AP Assignment (for WEDNESDAY 9/29)
  • Read Act II (both scenes). Submit the following journal to turnitin.com (assignment title: Act II Quotation) AND bring to class on a separate, typed, and printed page:
  • Choose a passage of two lines or more that you think is important to the Act and the play and write a paragraph (or more) in which you
--Include the full text of your quote, including Act.Scene.Line citation
--identify the speaker
--identify who is being spoken to
--paraphrase the entire passage
--explain the meaning and context of the passage
--explain why you chose the passage / why you think it’s important
  • Make a list of any questions or confusion you have from Act II. Ex. Confusion you have over any of the plot, difficulty you had with reading the language, etc.


SUNDAY 10/3
College Essay submission due to turnitin.com



Hamlet AP Assignment (for TUESDAY 10/5)
  • Read Act III in its entirety. Compose a Reading Journal (and bring it to class) based on your Marginal Notes handout.
  • Here is the file for the Marginal Notes if you didn't get it in class:


QUIZ on Acts I, II, and III will be next week--most likely WEDNESDAY.


WEDNESDAY 10/6
  • Quiz on Acts I-III (80 points). From Acts I through and including III, know and be able to:
    • Identify Speaker and who is spoken to (or in some cases, spoken about) for select Quotes
    • Know the characteristics of a Senecan Revenge Play and characteristics of a Tragic Hero
    • Answer multiple choice and short answer questions on various plot-related and key questions from Acts I through III
    • Be able to identify various excerpts from the play as examples of any of the following literary devices:

allusion antithesis analogy aside hyperbole metaphor onomatopoeia oxymoron paradox parallelism

personification polysyndeton pun simile soliloquy


THURSDAY 10/7
  • College Essay Peer Revision (PeerMark)


FRIDAY 10/8
  • Performance of Hamlet



MONDAY 10/11
ACT IV READING JOURNAL (marginal notes) DISCUSSION POST DUE
turnitin.com(You'll find this under "Discussion Posts", titled "Hamlet: Act IV...")

Additionally, I've included study questions for Act IV in the following file. You are not required to do anything with these, but they might be useful if you want to check your understanding of plot points in the Act.


(we're not in school)


TUESDAY 10/12
ACT V READING JOURNAL (marginal notes) DUE
  • submit to turnitin.com AND bring to class

Assign Hamlet Critical Seminar Project and Groups


WEDNESDAY 10/13
Hamlet AP style scrimmage quiz (15 questions) followed by discussion

(HW) "Casebook on Hamlet" reading and Questions.
Read your assigned texts and type the answers to the questions.
Typed answers are due upon arrival in class. No assignments accepted after this (except absences).

-Read "Gertrude Talks Back" and Questions #1 and #3.
-"Rites of War" and Q 1.
-"Hamlet in the Wings" and Q's 1,2,3.
-"Excerpts from The Elsinore Appeal: People v. Hamlet" and Q 1.
-"Shakespeare in the Bush" and Q's 1 and 4.
-"Defining the Hamlet Syndrome" and Q 2.
-"Reviving Ophelia" and Q's 1 and 3.


THURSDAY 10/14
Discussion: "Casebook on Hamlet" reading and Questions.





FRIDAY 10/15
Critical Theory Seminars: Work Day



SUNDAY 10/17
College Essay FINAL due by 11:59PM


MONDAY 10/18 and TUESDAY 10/19
Critical Theory Seminars:
  • Monday (view examples and discuss assignment: min. 5 critical essays and Annotated Bibliography)
    • See this link on Purdue's OWL for an explanation of the Annotated Bibliography
      • Your annotated bibliography should be in MLA format and must include (1) summary, (2) assessment, and (3) reflection on each of your sources.
    • See this link for a guided example of an Annotated Bib. entry.
    • Finally, see this link for an actual sample of an Annotated Bib. entry with summary, assessment, and reflection of source (see the first MLA sample on the page).
  • Tuesday (meet in Library Computer Lab: work day)

NOTE: Any groups that sign up to present during first week (week of 10/25) will receive +5 to their final presentation grade as a balance for those groups with less time to prepare.





Hamlet Test (entire play) WEDNESDAY 10/20

40 Multiple Choice
-Know elements of Senecan Revenge Play
-Know characteristics of Tragic Hero
-Know the plot from Act I through V.ii.; you are unlikely to do well on this test if you have not read the play.

10 Quotes
-Identify speaker, spoken to (character(s), soliloquy, and/or aside), context and meaning
-1 quote from I.ii (Hamlet upset about his mother's remarriage)
-1 quote from I.v (Ghost confronts Hamlet about revenge)
-1 quote from III.iii (Claudius praying while Hamlet observes him)
-1 from III.iv (Hamlet confronts his mother in her bed chamber)
-1 from V.i (Hamlet and Laertes fight over Ophelia's burial)
-5 from V.ii (Know this entire scene well, including Hamlet's last words)


THURSDAY 10/21

Hamlet AP Essay: parse prompt and discuss.
Essay DUE MONDAY (500 words or less)

Crit Theory Work Time


FRIDAY 10/22

Crit Theory Work Time


MONDAY 10/25
Hamlet AP Essay DUE

-Intro Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Assign: Read for following TUESDAY.




TUESDAY 10/26
R and G are D: View Film



WEDNESDAY 10/27
-12th grade English Testing



THURSDAY 10/28
Psychoanalytic Theory



FRIDAY 10/29
Archetypal Theory



MONDAY 11/1
Marxist Theory




TUESDAY 11/2
Discussion and Film: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead



WEDNESDAY 11/3
Archetypal Theory


THURSDAY 11/4
R. and G. are D.: Final Film/Discussion


FRIDAY 11/5
Feminist Theory


MONDAY 11/8
Reader Response Theory


TUESDAY 11/9
Deconstruction Theory


WEDNESDAY 11/10
-Theories Quiz Prep
-Short Stories


THURSDAY 11/11
-Literary Theories Quiz


FRIDAY 11/12
Psychoanalytic Theory



Critical Theory Seminars


  • In Proquest, search for "Hamlet and Literary Criticism"


Examples




Links


  • See this link on Purdue's OWL for an explanation of the Annotated Bibliography (you need min. 5 sources)
    • Your annotated bibliography should be in MLA format and must include (1) summary, (2) assessment, and (3) reflection on each of your sources.
  • See this link for a guided example of an Annotated Bib. entry.
  • Finally, see this link for an actual sample of an Annotated Bib. entry with summary, assessment, and reflection of source (see the first MLA sample on the page).



Presentation Dates

Monday, 10/25:
Tuesday, 10/26:
Wednesday, 10/27:
Thursday, 10/28: Andrea, Alina, Morgan (Psychoanalytic Theory)
Friday, 10/29: Zach, Andrew (Archetypal Theory)

Monday, 11/1: Brandi, Taylor, Christina (Marxist Theory)
Tuesday, 11/2:
Wednesday, 11/3: Christian, Austin (Archetypal Theory)
Thursday, 11/4:
Friday, 11/5: Jasmine, Henna (Feminist Theory)

Monday, 11/8: Mitch, Maddie, Rachel (Reader Response Theory)
Tuesday, 11/9: Shacelles, Ellen, Anne (Deconstruction)
Wednesday, 11/10:
Thursday, 11/11:
Friday, 11/12: Curt, Molly (Psychoanalytic Theory)




Hamlet Personality Test

--Take the "Jung Test-- Short Test" on the top right hand side of this page: Personality Test
--Match your personality type with the type from the following page:
--Next, take the test again, but this time take it as you believe any developed character from the play would take it: ex. Hamlet, Ophelia, or Laertes.
--Then match these results with the type from the Meyers Briggs page.
--Finally, type up your results and reaction (1 page or less) and submit to turnitin.com. Address the following questions in your Reaction Journal:
  • What Meyers Briggs type are YOU according to the test you took? Do you agree with this? Disagree?
  • What character did you choose, and what Meyers Briggs type is HE (or SHE) according to the test? Were there any questions/responses in particular that you felt really fit the character?
  • Which character from the play are you MOST like? What qualities do you share with this character? Differences?

If you're curious, my results were (and they seem pretty accurate):
Introverted (I) 72.41% Extroverted (E) 27.59%
Sensing (S) 58.33% Intuitive (N) 41.67%
Feeling (F) 50% Thinking (T) 50%
Judging (J) 61.29% Perceiving (P) 38.71%


ISFJ -or ISTJ (Feeling/Thinking at 50% each)
ISFJ
Preserver
Responsible devoted & loyal. Seek primarily to be of service and to care for individual needs. Sense of history. Conserve resources. Complete what they begin. Super-dependable. Enjoy aiding the downtrodden.










  • Make sure you're familiar with these for any quizzes and tests.

  • For Act I
  • You have these in your packet handout, but the file is here for your reference. Also, note that my line numbers are from the "No Fear" version, so they may differ from yours. Regardless, the beginning and ending line references are the same.



Links

Hamlet: Online Text
  • In case you forgot your book (where is it?!)

Hamlet: Free ITunes downloads of every scene
  • For those who have ever wondered: "When will the day come that I can pump iron and recite the most famous soliloquy in the English language?" That answer is "Today".

Hamlet Haven: Online Resource for Critical Texts on Hamlet
  • We'll use this resource for our Critical Theory Seminars